Health and Medical Professionals

Dr. Henry V. "Harry" Chase

2013-06-14 14:03:07

Dr. Henry V. "Harry" Chase, a retired internist who served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War, died June 9 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Somerford Place, a Frederick assisted-living facility. He was 90. The son of Harry...

Lansdowne man dies in alleged road rage shooting in Anne Arundel

2013-06-09 10:19:00

Maryland State Police say an officer with the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in New Jersey has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of a Lansdowne man after an alleged road rage incident...

College Lines

2013-06-10 11:24:54

Eric S. Christenson, of Joppa, graduated from Drexel University College of Medicine on May 17, earning a doctor of medicine. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical honor society, and received the William Likoff, M.D. Award "for distinction in...

For better health at lower cost, fix Maryland's Medicare waiver

2013-06-13 06:26:43

We live in a time of great change in terms of our medical care: how we access it, how it is coordinated, and who pays for it. The change we face in health care is kind of like going back to the future; like the house calls of old, more health and long-...

Baltimore County joins fight against financial exploitation of older Americans

2013-06-13 06:30:00

Recently, there’s been a lot of focus on the financial exploitation of older adults. The FTC last month held a one-day workshop on senior identity theft, which highlighted some of the types of ID theft that older adults encounter. Yesterday, the...

Vegans and vegetarians live longer

2013-06-07 06:00:00

Time magazine reports that vegetarians live longer than their meat-chomping friends. Meanwhile, a six-year study of 70,000 Seventh-Day Adventists, published in the current issue of the American Medical Association's Journal of Internal Medicine, found...

CareFirst invests $1 million to train nurses

2013-06-07 08:24:00

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is investing another $1 million in a program it launched six years ago to help train the next generation of nurse educators. The program gives nurses a stipend of up to $80,000 to pursue a master's or doctorate degree....

Assault at Orioles game sends man to intensive care, police say

2013-06-01 05:40:00

Matt Fortese came 75 miles from Hagerstown to meet Taylor Queen at Camden Yards. She drove more than three hours from Virginia. Their second date was going well, Queen said, until an hour of taunting from two fans boiled over into an altercation that left...

Girl, 12, injured in fall from Harford's King & Queen Seat

2013-05-28 13:47:44

A 12-year-old Havre de Grace girl remains hospitalized after sustaining "significant" injuries from a fall from the King & Queen Seat in Rocks State Park Saturday, several emergency information sources said. Three Department of Natural Resources Park...

Dr. Ruth H. Singer

2013-06-03 14:43:40

Dr. Ruth H. Singer, a retired physician who was a state health administrator and later worked in AIDS and HIV treatment at Chase Brexton Health Services, died of pancreatic cancer May 27 at her North Baltimore home. She was 69. "What one loved about Ruth...

Jacqueline Spare, nurse

2013-06-06 12:21:00

Jacqueline Ann Spare, a registered nurse who worked for many years at Bon Secours Hospital, died of bone cancer May 28 at the Joseph Richey Hospice. The Columbia resident was 65. Born Jacqueline Ann Sullivan in Abington, Pa., she was the daughter of...

Pedro Strop at shortstop?

2013-05-29 17:24:00

The Orioles raised some eyebrows when reliever Pedro Strop was seen taking grounders at shortstop and making throwing to first before Wednesday’s game. Strop, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a lower back strain, was signed out of the...

Teresa Dienst, RN, second from left, Berkeley Medical Center's April Quality Service Award winner, receives her award from Donna Clews, vice president of patient-care services/chief nursing officer, left; Rosa Brown, RN, second from right; and Kathleen Kerstetter, RN, fifth-floor nurse director.

2013-06-16 16:34:00

Harriet Chace was a nurse at the Children's Hospital in Boston before joining the Army Nurse Corps, where she spent time as a nurse overseas in England, France and Germany during World War II.

2013-06-14 11:47:00

Bernardo "Bernie" Fernandez, M.D., is the president of Cleveland Clinic Florida, a world-renowned academic medical center with locations in Weston and West Palm Beach, Florida.

2013-06-12 00:00:00